Adrian Fontes

“This is a sobering moment that highlights the reality of election administration in this country today,”

Adrian Fontes · said 2026-10-15 · reported 2026-10-15

The office of Arizona's secretary of state received a similar envelope that was opened by staff, prompting hazmat and law enforcement response.

“We are still where we were. We never jumped on the paranoia bandwagon.”

Adrian Fontes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15

Fontes emphasized that Arizona officials maintained their existing voting procedures and did not fuel voter paranoia.

“we continue to tell them until there’s a change, there is no change,”

Adrian Fontes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15

Fontes said Arizona officials continued telling voters that no changes to mail-in voting had occurred while the proposed rule was being challenged in court.

“The administration, by their actions, have proven that they are hell-bent on driving American voters away from their own elections. And we’ve been working very hard to counter that.”

Adrian Fontes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15

Fontes said the administration's actions were aimed at discouraging American voters and that officials were working to counter that effort.

“It’s intentionally damaging to the entire elections administration process in this country,”

Adrian Fontes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15

Fontes criticized the Trump administration's efforts as harmful to elections administration nationwide.

“We do not know what the Department considers those problems to be, in which jurisdictions they are alleged to have occurred, or what evidence supports them,”

Adrian Fontes · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Adrian Fontes questioned the Justice Department's rationale for dispatching election monitors to Arizona counties.